A snatch thief robbed a girl friend of mine few days ago. He grabbed Pinky's bag from behind and ran away as fast as he could with his motorbike. She was injured in the incident. Sustained some minor injuries.
According to her too, the police officers gave her a hard time when she tried to report the case.
This series of events is not strange to us, isn't it? It merely serves as a number in the police statistics, nothing more.
Until unless death occurs.
Then there will be wide publicity about the case.
Then the ministers and police departments will give their speech and spell out the measures to counter rising crimes.
Then after few weeks, the hype dies down.
And the case will be forgotten. Just like many many unsolved cases.
(http://www.aliran.com/oldsite/monthly/2004a/6e.html):
Citing police statistics, Lim Kit Siang, MP for Ipoh Timur, revealed in Parliament that there had been an increase in the number of reported snatch thefts these past years: from 14,368 reported cases in 2001, to 14,640 cases in 2002, to 15,798 cases in 2003. (The Star, 6 July 2004)
I've compiled some worth-to-take-note statistics from the Royal Bolehland Police Force website (http://www.rmp.gov.my/):
Rape
Year2000 --> 1,210 (300 solved)
Year2001 --> 1,354 (358 solved)
Year2002 --> 1,418 (333 solved)
Year2003 --> 1,471 (347 solved)
Year2004 --> 1,718 (383 solved)
Year2005 --> 1887 (1769 solved)
Year2006 --> 2435 (2238 solved)
Year2007 --> 3177 (2938 solved)
Snatch Thefts
Year2000 --> 15082 ( 166 solved)
Year2001 --> 14368 ( 7142 solved)
Year2002 --> 14640 ( 7886 solved)
Year2003 --> 15798 ( 8859 solved)
Year2004 --> 11536 ( 6197 solved)
Year2005 --> 9617 (5325 solved)
Year2006 --> 9551 (4264 solved)
Year2007 --> 11127 (4339 solved)
***Before I decided to post these stuffs, I wondered whether the figures reported in the official website are the truth or not.
Suffice to say it's my lack of confidence in the police force.
Admit it. It's not just me.***
Many of my friends have already went back to JB. Some have finished their course, while others are having their semester break. It has been a long time since I had any long holidays. Wait. The school has never given us any since the day I arrived here. The longest holidays was 2days and a half. Damn.
When am I going back to the City of Crimes anyway? Are the security getting any better? How about the traffic jam at Perling Bridge? Getting worse? Or izzit getting better due to fuel hike? How about the new custom at City Square there? Become a white elephant already? And how about the pirated games and dvd at Holiday Plaza? I suppose it still remain as the centre of attraction, right?
A few things that I need to do:
1) Meet up with families, friends, wives, and daughters.
2) Bring my MAS cap back to Langkawi.
3) Go SG to buy aviator specs.
4) Play basketball.
I think I will be able to give you guys an answer regarding the first question above. Not today. End of this week, I hope. Ciaoz
Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad would like to announce that it is answering the call from Dato’ Sri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development by offering its mobile services in the case of Sharlinie.
Celcom will be issuing a MMS broadcast of Sharlinie’s picture together with a message urging the public to be aware of the case. The MMS will be sent specifically to Celcom customers, and we urge them to help in finding Sharlinie by sharing this message with family and friends. We are also urging other corporate bodies, NGOs and individuals to join in on this effort in the wake of this unfolding case.
Members of the public who have any information on Sharlinie’s whereabouts should contact the police at 03-79662222 or 999 immediately.